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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The Office of Emergency Services and California Volunteers, in coordination with Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, also referred to as VOADs and VOAD member agencies, shall develop planning guidance to identify volunteers and donation management resources that could assist in responding to or recovering from local, tribal, regional, national, or international disasters.
(b) The guidance required by subdivision (a) shall, at a minimum, do all of the following:
(1) Include a purpose statement specifying that the intent of preidentifying local volunteers and donation management resources that could support disaster operations is to strengthen the response to all disasters by enhancing the ability of nonprofit, community-based, faith-based, and private sector resources to be quickly leveraged and deployed to meet the needs of those in need.
(2) Support and be in alignment with the Volunteer and Donations Management Annex (Emergency Support Function 17) of the state's Emergency Operations Plan.
(3) Support the operations of volunteer coordination groups, as established by California Volunteers, as well as nonprofit, community-based, faith-based, and private sector organizations active in disasters.
(4) Include best practices to address the unique needs of people with access and functional needs and vulnerable populations.
(5) Include lessons learned from recent disasters that contribute to the robustness of logistics, distribution management, sheltering, and feeding plans.
(c)(1) The office shall publish and distribute the initial planning guidance, once developed.
(2) The office shall update the Legislature on the status of the planning guidance in a written report submitted no later than May 1, 2022. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Government Code - GOV § 8589.65 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/government-code/gov-sect-8589-65/
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